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Deputy PM fields lawmakers’ concerns on SEZs, cryptocurrency: NA
07-06-2018 10:07
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue yesterday took the floor to answer National Assembly (NA) deputies’ questions on several socio-economic issues.
MoF targets bitcoin machines
06-06-2018 11:13
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has proposed to temporarily halt the import of bitcoin mining machines to improve the management of bitcoin and cryptocurrency transactions.
Cryptocurrency under supervision
23-04-2018 10:57
Viet Nam has intensified inspections on cryptocurrency transactions as trading and investments using this payment system are on the rise in the country.
Who stands behind Vietnam's largest cryptocurrency scam?
13-04-2018 17:10
Almost all eight of the founders of Modern Tech used to take part in or were leaders of multi-level business companies working with cryptocurrency.
Prime Minister signs directive on strengthening management of cryptocurrency
12-04-2018 11:04
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a directive strengthening the management of activities related to bitcoin and other virtual currencies.
$0.66-billion cryptocurrency swindle to be investigated
12-04-2018 10:32
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has just directed six ministries and agencies to investigate and handle a $0.66-billion cryptocurrency swindle.
$666m lost in massive cryptocurrency fraud
11-04-2018 12:08
The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) was closely following an alleged cryptocurrency fraud in HCM City, to which as many as 32,000 people could have fallen victim, involving a sum of up to VND15 trillion (US$666 million), a bank official said.
Thousands of investors swindled through virtual currency
10-04-2018 11:52
Impersonating capital contribution and profit sharing arrangements, swindlers have appropriated a total of VND15 trillion ($0.66 billion) through virtual currency.
Bitcoin bounces back from three-month low in volatile trade
07-02-2018 13:39
Bitcoin rallied from three-month lows below US$6,000 in choppy trading on Tuesday, but worries lingered about a global regulatory clampdown and moves by banks to ban buying bitcoin with credit cards.
ECB governor calls for tax, regulation on bitcoin
04-01-2018 08:55
BERLIN: A top European Central Bank official on Wednesday (Jan 3) called for governments to regulate and tax bitcoin, labelling the cryptocurrency an object of speculation and a tool for money laundering.
UBS boss says bitcoins 'not money', urges regulators to act
18-12-2017 09:25
GENEVA: The chairman of Swiss banking giant UBS said in an interview published on Sunday (Dec 17) that he does not consider the soaring cryptocurrency bitcoin as money and called for regulators to intervene.
South Korea bans its banks from dealing in Bitcoin
15-12-2017 10:05
SEOUL: South Korea on Wednesday (Dec 13) banned its financial institutions from dealing in virtual currencies such as Bitcoin, as the cryptocurrency soars in a bubble fuelled by retail speculators, many of them from the country.
Bitcoin surges above US$16,000 as concerns mount
08-12-2017 09:50
NEW YORK: Bitcoin flirted with US$17,000 on Thursday (Dec 7), triggering a warning the cryptocurrency was like a "train with no brakes" and prompting fresh concern about its looming launch on mainstream markets.
One man connecting entrepreneurs all over the world
07-11-2017 16:14
Joshua Slayton is the founding CTO of AngelList, the leading platform for startups, through which more than $600 million has been invested since 2010. Recently, Joshua has been working on another new platform for cryptocurrency fundraising, called CoinList. VIR talked with Slayton about his opinions on the startup scene and his upcoming trip to Vietnam this December to judge the national round of VietChallenge 2018—the first global entrepreneurship competition for Vietnamese founders from all over the world.
Jury still out on cryptocurrency in Viet Nam
19-09-2017 11:00
The use of cryptocurrency and blockchains in Viet Nam is currently limited to just one per cent of the total population, though experts anticipate that the number could grow to 30 million users in the next ten years.
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